Do not buy G60 shocks.

[Aptyp]

name of this thread needs to be changed, because it will mess with people's heads.

PS: they are 4" shorter... you take one inch off the strut housing, and throw in a 3" spacer.


I cut off 1.5" and tossed in a 2.5" spaces, and went with a 6" spring

[Moto-Mucci]

Yea, I don't think I can change it can I? I attempted to and gave up.

And thank you, finally some numbers.

What did you do about the collar nut? I was thinking about getting the shop to weld the stock threads back ontop after I chop the tubes so that I can run the stock collar nuts. Maybe there's an easier way?

[2002maniac]

A buddy of mine just sent me this - to clarify things for others thinking about the GC + E30 Bilstein Sport setup - here's them on the lowest setting on his car

That's shit. I can't justify rocking nice wheels with 2" of wheel gap and NO suspension travel. Looks like I'm going to be taking a $140 hit from the welding I got done.

I need SPECIFICS on the G60 setup. Can anybody help me out and put down some actual #'s?

He's obviously not running camber plates or he's running really long springs. If I had lowered mine all the way the IS lip would be about 1/2" off the ground.

[Moto-Mucci]

I have the same setup as him - HD control arms with M3 offset bushings, and a bunch of other new stock ish. So no camber plates.

And I'm going to assume I'm in the same boat as him since the GC only coil down 2.25" and this is my stock ride height:



That's def going to need more then 2"

[rwh11385]

You are complaining about ride height / gap and don't have camber plates?!? (Or your buddy is)

Quit being stupid. Do it the right way.

[Moto-Mucci]

The offset M3 CAB's give you a good amount of camber, and you still have the ride comfort of bushings, not metal against metal. This is a daily. So was his.





And even with camber plates, to get a decent stance out of that your shock travel is shit.

[rwh11385]

And even with camber plates, to get a decent stance out of that your shock travel is shit.

You have no idea what you are talking about. A slightly wiser man would just stop.

Try running right sized tires, 6"/5.5" springs, and have stiff enough springs to keep your oil pan off the ground, with camber plates, and you should be alright with Koni's.

[Moto-Mucci]

Sorry I stopped listening after all that elitist garbage started flowing

[gearheadE30]

To keep the threads, you have to cut a lower section out of the tube; you don't just cut the top off. After you cut the section out, you weld the top alf back on to retain threads and swaybar tabs if you have them. Then again, maybe I'm not understanding your question.

[Moto-Mucci]

No, that's exactly how I was envisioning it to keep the threads. Good to know.

[Moto-Mucci]

Alright, I came to an issue last night while drilling out the collar nuts to accept the thicker G60 shafts.

What did you guys do about the O-ring? Since the O-ring for the G60 shocks comes attached to the collar nut (which cant be used) there currently isn't an O-ring at the bottom of the shaft. I tried to pry it off the G60 collar nut but it's on there pretty good. i don't think I can do it without destroying it in the process.

[Jand3rson]

The offset M3 CAB's give you a good amount of camber

M3 CAB's don't affect camber, they change caster.

[Moto-Mucci]

Yea, I just found that out as I installed them a couple days ago. I was misinformed.

The amount of camber in the above shot is what I'm looking for anyhow, that's what's important. Enough to get 9's in back there with a good drop and not have to worry too much about rubbage.

[JennsBeamer]

The offset M3 CAB's give you a good amount of camber,

Janderson busted you there - you are showing your true colors and lack of understanding about suspension setup when you make comments like that.

and you still have the ride comfort of bushings, not metal against metal.

:roll: You can get camber plates with a urethane insert - K-Macs, and I know there are others.

Get the right size c/o springs with the right rates and the shorty shocks work.

[sticksdaman]

I haven't modified the strut tube yet. other than cutting off most of the spring perch.

The ground control setup came with new nuts for the top of the strut tube. they worked perfectly.

I got the Koni's straight from GC as well as the 5ish inch spacers.



I'll found some pics of the setup we put on mike's e28. You can see the spacers and new nuts on the far left.



This is my car the night I installed the coilovers, with them adjusted all the way up. They now reside at a much lower altitude.:D

Looks awesome man
Do you have any "lower altitude" pics? :p
Are you also running camber plates?